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Data controller
Your personal data are processed by the Universitätsklinikum Essen AöR, Germany. If you have any queries about the process or how we handle your information please contact us at:
Address: Universitätsklinikum Essen AöR, COST Action CA20117 Mye-InfoBank, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
E-mail: mye-infobank@uk-essen.de
Science Communications Officer: Delia Cosgrove
Data Protection Officer: Siegfried Moyrer - siegfried.moyrer@uk-essen.de
Who is concerned by this privacy policy?
Every COST Action participant and visitor of our website, as well as people who e-mail us.
What information about you do we handle, why do we handle that information, what is the legal basis for those processings and for how long do we retain the information?
In addition to the personal data collected and processed by the COST Association within the framework of this COST Action (please consult the privacy notice for e-COST),
As COST Action Participant,
Based on your consent (article 6.1.a of the GDPR), we :
- publish your contact details on the COST Action CA20117 Mye-InfoBank website and other communications tools or publications for communication purposes;
- take and use pictures/videos where you appear taken or made during a meeting/an event of or related to the COST Action CA20117 Mye-InfoBank on the COST Action CA20117 Mye-InfoBank website and other communications tools or publications for communication purposes.
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by sending an e-mail to mye-infobank@uk-essen.de (Delia Cosgrove, the Science Communication Manager). Withdrawing your consent means that the collected personal data will not be used any longer. However, use made of your data in the past remains valid.
When you email us, chat with us or otherwise contact us:
We process your contact details, when required, in order to provide you with the requested support. This data processing is based on your consent (article 6.1.a of the GDPR).
When you register for events:
Based on your consent (article 6.1.a of the GDPR):
When you register for events, we collect your identification data (name, first name, title, e-mail address, and phone numbers) and professional data (position and institution).
Not providing your consent for taking pictures is without impact on your participation to events, workshops or webinars.
The data we collect are kept as long as you do not oppose to it.
When you contact us to make use of your data subject rights:
We process your contact details and the proof of your identity you send us in order to address your request. Depending on your request, we can also process other personal data we have collected also in order to address your request.
This data processing is for compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject (article 6.1.c of the GDPR).
Use of service providers and transfer to third parties
Those service providers otherwise referred to as data processors are third parties who provide elements of support to us. We have contracts in place with our data processors. They cannot use your personal information unless we have instructed them to do so. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They will hold it securely and retain it for the period we instruct.
We do not transfer any of your data collected as mentioned above to any third party for commercial purposes.
How do we protect your personal data?
Your personal data are handled in full confidentiality. We make all necessary efforts to take the technical and organisational measures that might be required so as to ensure security of your personal data.
How long is the information retained for?
Action website and its content is maintained for minimum 2 years after the end of the Action.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament andof the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (GDPR), you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you:
- right to request from us access to and rectification of your personal data;
- right to request erasure of your data (right to be forgotten) in the cases foreseen by article 17 of the GDPR;
- right to obtain from us restriction of processing where there is contestation about the data processing for a period enabling a resolution of the issue;
- right to data portability;
- where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent means that we will not make use of your data any longer, including pictures. However, use made of your data in the past remains valid.
Your right to object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of your personal data which is based on Article 6(1), (f) of the GDPR (our legitimate purposes) as mentioned above.
To exercise those rights, please send us an e-mail to mye-infobank@uk-essen.de together with a proof of your identity or write us to the following address: Universitätsklinikum Essen AöR, COST Action CA20117 Mye-InfoBank, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Please note that you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory authority of the EU country of your choice.